[PATCH] usbnet: fix smp_processor_id() use in preemptible context

From: Ömer Mete Kaya

Date: Mon Sep 07 2026 - 15:07:41 EST


usbnet_skb_return() and tx_complete() call this_cpu_ptr() before
disabling preemption, which triggers a BUG when running with PREEMPT_FULL:

BUG: using smp_processor_id() in preemptible code in tx_complete

Fix by disabling preemption around the this_cpu_ptr() call and the
per-CPU statistics update.

Fixes: 43daa96b166c ("usbnet: Stop RX Q on MTU change")
Reported-by: syzbot+04cd90bb99c6ef81a65d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=04cd90bb99c6ef81a65d
Signed-off-by: Ömer Mete Kaya <omermetekaya0@xxxxxxxxx>
---
v3: Use preempt_disable()/preempt_enable() instead of
local_irq_save()/restore() as suggested by Oliver Neukum.
drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c | 20 ++++++++++++--------
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c b/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
index a19ecf718f36..f1e5bc8bf932 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
@@ -325,8 +325,7 @@ static void __usbnet_status_stop_force(struct usbnet *dev)
*/
void usbnet_skb_return(struct usbnet *dev, struct sk_buff *skb)
{
- struct pcpu_sw_netstats *stats64 = this_cpu_ptr(dev->net->tstats);
- unsigned long flags;
+ struct pcpu_sw_netstats *stats64;
int status;

if (test_bit(EVENT_RX_PAUSED, &dev->flags)) {
@@ -338,10 +337,13 @@ void usbnet_skb_return(struct usbnet *dev, struct sk_buff *skb)
if (skb->protocol == 0)
skb->protocol = eth_type_trans(skb, dev->net);

- flags = u64_stats_update_begin_irqsave(&stats64->syncp);
+ preempt_disable();
+ stats64 = this_cpu_ptr(dev->net->tstats);
+ u64_stats_update_begin(&stats64->syncp);
u64_stats_inc(&stats64->rx_packets);
u64_stats_add(&stats64->rx_bytes, skb->len);
- u64_stats_update_end_irqrestore(&stats64->syncp, flags);
+ u64_stats_update_end(&stats64->syncp);
+ preempt_enable();

netif_dbg(dev, rx_status, dev->net, "< rx, len %zu, type 0x%x\n",
skb->len + sizeof(struct ethhdr), skb->protocol);
@@ -1298,13 +1300,15 @@ static void tx_complete(struct urb *urb)
struct usbnet *dev = entry->dev;

if (urb->status == 0) {
- struct pcpu_sw_netstats *stats64 = this_cpu_ptr(dev->net->tstats);
- unsigned long flags;
+ struct pcpu_sw_netstats *stats64;

- flags = u64_stats_update_begin_irqsave(&stats64->syncp);
+ preempt_disable();
+ stats64 = this_cpu_ptr(dev->net->tstats);
+ u64_stats_update_begin(&stats64->syncp);
u64_stats_add(&stats64->tx_packets, entry->packets);
u64_stats_add(&stats64->tx_bytes, entry->length);
- u64_stats_update_end_irqrestore(&stats64->syncp, flags);
+ u64_stats_update_end(&stats64->syncp);
+ preempt_enable();
} else {
dev->net->stats.tx_errors++;

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2.55.0